Roller-shade hanger



Mar. 5, 1929. w. L. OWEN ROLLER SHADE HANGER Filed Feb. 12, 1926 Patented Mar. 5,1929.

STATES WILLIAM L. own'n, 'ornnw ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

ROLLER-SHADE HANGER.

, Application filed vIsebruary The invention relates to new and useful improvements in roller shade hangers, and

more particularly to a roller shade hanger which is adjustable so as to accommodate 5 window casings of difi'erent widths, and also roller shades of different lengths.

An object of the inventionis to provide a roller shade hangerwhich is very simple in construction, and which can be cheaply made of. sheet metal without the use of rivets, screws or the like.

A furtherobject ofthe invention is to provide a'sheet metal roller shade hangerwherein the supporting brackets for the roller shade shade can be adjusted toward. and from each other for difierent lengths of roller shades.

These and other objects will in part be obvious and will in part be hereinafter more fully disclosed. A

In the .drawing's which showby way of illustration one embodiment of the invention- Figure 1 is a perspective. view showing more or lessdiagrammaticallya window casing frame with my improved roller shade hanger applied thereto; I

Fig. 2 is a front view on anenlarged scale of oneof the hangers showing the same applied to the window casing; t

Fig. 3 is a sectionalview on the hne 3-3 of Fig. '2;

Fig. 4 is a sectional view on the line 4'4 ofFig..2;and v v I Fig. 5 is a perspectiveview of a portion of the supporting bracket for the roller shade.

The invention is directed broadly to aroller shade hanger which is very simple in construction and which can be cheaply made. The hanger consists of two members, one for each end of the roller shade, and each hanger consists of two parts, a supporting member and a bracket which is adjustably mounted thereon for supporting the end of the roller shade. These parts are madeof sheet metal, and are made by cutting and stamping so that they are very cheaply made. The supporting part of the anger is adapted to be attached 12,1926. Serial No. 87,817.

to the window casing by suitable securing means passing through the perforations in the ends thereof. This support intermediate its end is offset ironi the casing and is provided with slots at theupper and lower edges there of. The hanger proper'is also formed of sheet metal The sheet inctalfis out so as to form two laterally projecting'higs, and'also to provide a recess whicl'i' is adapted jtoreceive the offset portion of the support. This sheet metal hanger has a slot formed therein at the upper end of this recess. The slot is located at the inner side ofthe recess, and close to the laterally projecting lugs. This slot in the hanger is adapted to engage the" upper edge of the support in one of the'slots thereof. The lower edge of the'recessed portion ofthc hanger engages a corresponding lower slot in the support, and the lugs. bear against the outside face of the support. These lugs prevent the hanger from swinging sidewise on thesupport, and thus a very rigid support is provided'for the roller shade. The hanger can beshifted from one of said notches to another. Q I Referring more in detail to the drawings, my improved roller shade hanger consists of two supporting members and a cooperating bracket for each member. These supportingmembers are attached tooppositeisides of the window casing. They are alike inicons struction, and a description of one .will answer for the other. The window casing is indicated at 1 in thedrawings, and the roller shade is indicated at 2. Thehanger consists of a supporting member 3-whiohismade of sheet metal. This supporting member 3 is adapted to be secured to the windowoasing 1 by suitable screws or other securing de vices 4, twhich pass through perforations in the ends of the support 3. vThe support in-- terinediate the ends thereof is provided with an offset-portion 5. This offset portionv 5 is provided with a series of slots 6,6 and 7, 7. The slots are arranged in pairs, and are'one above the other. A bracket 8 is adapted to be mounted upon this support 3 and the roller shade is mounted in these brackets at the opposite sides of the window casing. The bracket 8 is formed of sheet metal. Said sheet metal part has an upper horizontal edge 9, an inner vertical edge 10, and a front inclined edge 1 11. The bracket may i be otherwise shaped without departing from the spirit of.

as to form lugs 14 and 15. The metal is cut so as to provide independent lugs, and one is turned one way, while the other is "tuine'd the other way, as clearly shown in lot the drawings. The body portion 8 of the supporting bracket is also formed with a slot 16. This slot 16 is of such width as to receive the offset portion oi th'e support; The

distance between the lines of cut 12 and 13 in the bracket "8 is less than thedistance between the bottom edges oftheslotst and? Therefore, the bracket is tilted upward at its outer end when it is placed over the support in the attaching of the same to the support, until the slot 16 is brought into engagement with'the slot 6. Thisallows'the rear edge 01 the bracket to be inserted in the slot 7, and the bra'c'ket then turned to the position shown in Fig. 4-. llVhen in this position, the lu-gsfl l a'nd 1'5 engage theouter face of the offset portion 5 of the supporting member 3. l Vhen thus placed on the support, 'the hook-shaped Iportio'n between the slot 16 and the inner face 1001 the bracket engages the rear side of the o'fiset portion 5 and thus prevents the bracket from turning through the weight-of the shade'carried thereby. The

lugs prevent the bracket '8 from swinging laterally on the support, and the notches in the support prevent the bracket from sliding laterally thereon. Onset the brackets is provided with a perforation 17 and the other with an openend slot '18. These are oi the usual construction for receiving the roller shade.

It will be apparent that the supports for the roller shade may be attached to the 'windo'w casing, withoutany particular accuracy in the placing of the same, after which the brackets are placed in the supports so as to accommodate a shade of the length that it is desired to support. Phat is to say, the brackets are shifted laterally until they are properly positioned for the shade.

From the above it will be apparent that I haveprovideda verysimple roller shade support, which can *be made of sheet metal. It will also 'beundersto'od that the parts maybe readily assembled without any rivetingottl ie same together, and the parts may be readily usted itor different lengths of shades. All of these features contribute to a roller shade -the'chirability ot the same. It will be obvious that the brackets which support the roller shade are held in engagement with the supports Tthe'netor by the Weight of the roller shade.

Itwill readily beseen that with a support such as shown and described above, after it is once attached "to a window casing, it does not have *to' be removed for 'diflerent size or lengths e 1" shades. The support for the braeketmay also be 'used for-supporting curtains, draperies and the like, as more than one supporting bracket can be attached to the support-atthe same time. (3ne"of thei-mportant features of my device, therefore, resi'des in the one common support which may be used for shades, curtains, and draiperies, all at the same time.

It is obvious that minor changes in the details of construction may be made without departing from the spirit o f the inwention as set iorth'in-the appended-claim.

Having thus described the inwention, what I claim as new'and desire to-secureiby'Letters- Patent, isp a A roller shade hanger compr isnrgasheet metal supporting member adapted to "be attached to the window easingyssiidsupporting member being offset between the ends thereof and having pairs "oi-opposed slots iEor-med in its upper and lower edges, a sheet metal bracket having an open recess'formed in the rear portion thereof, and a shoulder at the upper side of the recess extending downwardly and partly closing said recess, the distance between the upper and lower sides otf the recess being such that when the bracket is attached to the supporting member, the bracket will in one of The upper slots, the shoulder engaging said supporting member at the rear face thereof, and the portion "of the bracket adjacent the lower edge of the recess will enter the opposed slot at the lower face of the supporting menibe1 ,"said bracket having laterally projecting l ugs adapted to bear against the front fface of the supporting member for preventing 5 said bracket from swinging laterally.

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature.

W'IIJLIA-M L. 'OWEN. 

